Tracked in the Whites

(1997)(The first book in the Will Buchanan series)A novel by Tom Eslick

Will Buchanan, a science teacher, leads his students on a backpacking trip into the White Mountains. One of the students disappears and eventually her murdered body is discovered. Through a series of events, based on a "found" earring, Will is not only accused of the girl's death but also of her mother's death, Will's former lover. Will escapes from custody and is joined on the lam by his girlfriend. They head for the wilderness to find the real killer. Their journey leads not only to the killer but to drug money and Swiss bank accounts.